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Chemistry World December 4, 2015 Rebecca Trager	Dow ditches older herbicides Dow will sell to Gowan its portfolio of dinitroaniline weedkillers, which came on the market in the 1960s.
Chemistry World December 2, 2015 Rebecca Trager	EPA acts to halt approval of Dow's Enlist Duo herbicide New information suggests that 'synergistic effects' between the product's two active ingredients, glyphosate and 2,4-D, could result in greater toxicity to non-target plants.
Chemistry World December 2, 2015 Emma Stoye	BPA detection tests developed for EU monitoring Scientists at the European commission's Joint Research Centre have developed highly sensitive analytical tests to measure the levels of bisphenol A and 12 closely related chemicals in samples of food and drink.
Chemistry World December 1, 2015 Rebecca Trager	US agencies test less than 1% of chemicals Less than 1% of the chemicals currently registered for commercial use in the US have undergone testing by government agencies, according to the Center for Effective Government
Chemistry World November 26, 2015 Rebecca Trager	Intrigue at the top of the US's Chemical Safety Board A political drama continues to be played out at the US Chemical Safety Board, the federal agency charged with investigates serious industrial chemical accidents in America.
Chemistry World November 20, 2015	Foaming at the reactor mouth Nothing stops a plant process faster than the dread words 'we have a stuck bottom valve'.
Chemistry World November 19, 2015 Deeksha Gupta	Ingenuity, relevance and execution 'Driving innovation in academia and industry are two side of the same coin.' So says Anubhav Saxena, technical director and site leader of Momentive Performance Materials' India Technology Centre in Bangalore.
Chemistry World November 18, 2015 Emma Davies	Advancing animal testing alternatives The European Chemicals Agency has begun to ask companies to demonstrate that they have carefully considered using alternatives to animal tests.
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